Confirmed information about, that the vast majority of European companies, importing gas from Russia, accepted the conditions of Moscow and opened ruble accounts in Gazprombank. According to Deputy Chairman of the Russian Government Alexander Novak, total number of companies, agreed to the proposed formula, is already 54. Of these, some 30 accounts in rubles in a Russian bank have already been opened.
According to recent reports, German and Italian authorities allowed business representatives to use the "Putin formula", what do they call the option?, proposed by the Russian side. The information is confirmed by Reuters sources., where it is indicated, that “prior to the adoption of the relevant decision, coordination of positions was carried out with Brussels to discuss a possible violation of the sanctions regime”. In the end, they agreed, that the sanctions packages are such a payment scheme for gas - through a Russian bank with the conversion of euros into rubles, after which the transaction is considered completed - does not violate.
At the moment, companies from three countries have refused to act according to this scheme.. These are Poland and Bulgaria. Russian gas has not been directly supplied to them for several weeks. Now Finland has been added to them.. From today, direct gas supplies from the Russian Federation are blocked to this country as well.. Therefore, Helsinki is looking for options with alternative routes. One of them is gas from Latvia, moreover, Latvia itself still buys gas, including from the Russian Federation, but also an alternative route. Therefore, while Finland will also use de facto Russian gas, only those who came along the "alternative route" – with a corresponding increase in prices for the domestic consumer.
The same Poland and Bulgaria also actually use Russian gas, but only in the form of the so-called "virtual reverse". what is called, trying to convince themselves, that they refused to buy Russian gas, but only the essence of its use does not change. And the prices for the same Polish and Bulgarian consumers also increased, automatically reducing the competitiveness of manufactured products even in the internal EU market. used photos:Novatek website
